Dark Horse, the third-largest comics publisher in the United States, has a prominent retail presence at a number of the largest comics-cartoon conventions in the U.S. - including San Diego, New York, Chicago and Seattle so it was no surprise to learn the company would have a retail exhibit at Fan Expo Canada this year.

This was the company's first retail exhibit in Canada, and after the doors opened for the August 22-25 Toronto convention, Kari, in charge of coordinating convention retail sales, stopped by Doug's booth to say hello and set up a time for him to sign copies of The Art of Doug Sneyd.

The 248-page hardcover book, published by Dark Horse, is now in a second printing and was a 2012 Eisner Award nominee in the Best Humor Publication category.

Dark Horse, known for such popular titles as Star Wars, Buffy and Hellboy, had a prime location and offered attendees an great selection of books and collectibles.

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Bio

Doug has been a cartoonist for Playboy magazine since 1964.
For nearly 20 years, starting in the mid-60's, his "Doug Sneyd" and "Scoops" news cartoons appeared daily in newspapers across North America. Sneyd's talent has also led him into cinema: in 1993, he wrote, produced and directed "Black-eyed Susan," an educational movie-drama about spousal abuse, for the Ontario government. He was a founding member of the Canadian Society of Book Illustrators and has been a member of the National Cartoonists' Society and the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists. Thirty of his full-page color Playboy cartoons are among the 235 Sneyd works included in the National Archives of Canada in Ottawa.
Sneyd was born in Guelph, Ontario, Canada, but spent much of his professional career in Toronto. In 1969 he moved his family north to Orillia made famous as the mythical "Mariposa" by humorist Stephen Leacock. He works on the third floor of his home-studio overlooking beautiful Lake Couchiching and spends his winters on the Gulf Coast in Orange Beach, Alabama.